Category: HRC 14th session

The UN Human Rights Council voted 32 to 3, with 9 abstentions and 3 absent, to adopt a resolution (click here or see below) that “condemns in the strongest terms the outrageous attack by the Israeli forces against the humanitarian flotilla of ships.” In its usual upside down fashion, the resolution, …

The UNHRC’s “urgent debate on the raid on the flotilla” continued this morning. Libya accused “Zionist gangs” of committing a “massacre,” but Canada urged all states “not to rush to conclusions before all facts are known.” The plenary is expected to vote on a …

The Human Rights Council convened this afternoon for an emergency session on the Israeli flotilla attack. Israel offered a legal explanation of the events that occurred and distributed a legal brief on the customary naval code and international law that justifies the blockade and intervention. At the Council, Arab …

Below is the draft resolution submitted to the UN Human Rights Council this morning by the Islamic and Arab blocs, co-sponsored with the Palestinian delegation. It calls for another “Goldstone Report”-style fact-finding mission. To date, the 47-nation council has devoted 33 out of its 40 censure …